Arrows Romp Over Fever, 14‐7

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UNIONDALE, L.I. March 23 — Steve Zungul and Branko Segota set the pace for New York tonight as the Arrows defeated the Philadelphia Fever, 14‐7, in the opening game of the two‐of‐three Major Indoor Soccer League championship series at the Nassau Coliseum.

Zungul scored seven goals and had two assists, while Segota scored four times, both helping to turn a 4‐1 Philadelphia lead into a rout by the Arrows. The second game of the series is to be played at the Spectrum in Philadelphia at 1:30 P.M. Sunday. The third game, if necessary, will be played in the Nassau Coliseum next Tuesday.

The crowd of 8,640, the second‐largest in the M.I.S.L. this year, enjoyed every minute of the game that put the Arrows on the threshold of winning the league's first title.

Besides losing the game, the Fever also lost their offensive star forward, Fred Grgurev, who suffered a shoulder injury in the second period. Grgurev was the league's leading scorer during the regular season, having beaten out Zungul.

Zungul Opens Arrow Scoring

The Fever finished fourth in the M.I.S.L. regular season and got to the championship series with a 6‐3 victory over the first‐place finisher, Houston, in the opening one‐game playoff round Tuesday night.

The Arrows reached the final round by defeating the third‐place Cincinnati Kids, 9‐4, Tuesday on the strength of five goals by Steve Zungul.

Zungul scored the only Arrow goal of the first quarter last night, and he came through in the second period with three more goals to put the Arrows ahead, 6‐5, at the intermission.

Philadelphia jumped off to a 2‐1 firstquarter lead over the Arrows, who were runners‐up to Houston in the regular season.

Injury Hurts Fever Attack

The Fever struck first at 3:23 of the opening period on a 25‐foot shot by Joe Fink, with an assist from Ed Sheridan. Nine seconds later, however, Zungul tied the score after receiving a short left cross from Pat Ercoli from about 10 feet out.

Grurev tallied the second Fever goal of the first period by pushing in the rebound of a shot by Alberto Alves.

Philadelphia retained its momentum in the second period, scoring two goals in a span of less than two minutes, with the second one coming on a power play.

Grgurev scored the first Fever goal of the second period on a left cross from Alves. But at 1:43 of the period the Philadelphia squad lost Grgurev for the game and for the playoffs when he was tripped by Doug Pollard of the Arrows.